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Where does “fevriye” come from?

fevriye (Mauritian Creole) comes from French février, from Old French fevrier, from Late Latin febrarius, from Latin Februārius, from Latin Fēbrua, from Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰris — to burn; warm, hot.

fevriye (Mauritian Creole): February

Definitions

  1. February

Ancestry of “fevriye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchfévrierFebruary
2Old FrenchfevrierFebruary
3Late Latinfebrarius—
4LatinFebruārius—
5LatinFēbrua—
6Latinfebrisfever
7Proto-Italic*feɣʷris—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰris—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
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